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Hi. I was wondering if anyone can give me some hints on using Photoreading and other accelerated learning systems to improve my English and also prepare for law school.

I have been experimenting with photoreading during the last two years of college to cram for exams. I never experienced instant recall, but Photoreading enabled me to speedread a dry political science book in two hours without experiencing mental friction (fluid speeding reading?).

I also used photoreading to study Chinese characters, but it didn't seem to work.

Anyways, I want to experience the whole benefit of Photoreading for the purpose of improving my English and to prepare myself for law school.

My current obstacles:

1. I think I am a good writer, but my grammar is less than perfect. I have no idea how to use articles (a, an, the)properly. I always need to have someone proof-read my essays for article and other errors. I think I have to drastically improve my article and grammar usage to thrive in law school. Do you have any suggestions on Photoreading to improve grammar?

2. Also, is there any law school student here in this forum who uses Photoreading to cut down study time and also to get better grades? Since I am currently unemployed, I read about 6-8 hours daily for pleasure. I usually read 200-250 words per minute, but I want to drastically increase my reading speed and comprehension in law school.

3. Last question, I have a really bad Asian accent. I have lived in the States for a close to eight years, but it seems my speech is less than perfect and this has prevented me from getting jobs. I read someone here mention about Tomatis training. In conjunction with a pronunciation class I am taking, will a some form of Tomatis training help me improve my pronunciation? Any suggestions?

I apologize for this long (first) post but hope someone share some insight into my plans for self-improvement.

Thanks,
John

Hi Ambience713 there used to be a lawyer who posted on the Photoreading Forum frequently his username is Commonsense. I have not seen a post from him for quite awhile you might possibly reach him at
let me get his email address for you i'll post back in a few minutes.
Photoread4me

Hi again Ambience713 i got Commonsense's email address for you his email address is
gene_bryson@yahoo.com. You might want to do a search on the word lawyer there are many posts from Commonsense that might interest you.

A quick note Photoreading is not instant recall or developing a photographic memory.Photoreading does not work that way.

I read in a book about a man who had a very thick Arabic accent and he was able to remove it i cannot find the book where i read that but if i do find it later i'll post it.
Photoread4me

Hi Ambience713 that is really neat the way the brain works. A while back i read in a book about a woman working with a friend to help him remove a thick foreign accent. I went through about 3 books i finally found it for you.

From the book The Everyday Genius Restoring Children's Natural Joy of Learning And Yours Too by Peter Kline:

"Sometimes when working with students individually, I like to teach them to read concerts themselves,because the process of matching the voice to the music helps develop better reading skills.So you might try having a family reading time where everyone takes a turn, while music plays in the background, and each person try to match the musical patterns with the rising and falling of the voice.Or you might try having a dinnertime ritual in which each night one member of the family prepares for all the others a short prepared reading.If you do this, I think you'll find everyone's reading skills and interest spurting ahead.This approach was used by one of my associates June Sasson to remove a friend's foreign accent.When she first drilled him on pronunciation he made litte progress,but when she played music in the background while they worked, he could hear the sounds he was supposed to produce more clearly,and thus produce them more easily.It took about 3 weeks,she said,for him to remove completely a thick Arabic accent he'd had for many years".

Incidentally this book The Everyday Genius is a great book on Accelerated Learning.I would also highly recommend The Mindmap Book by Tony Buzan.
Photoread4me.

Ambience713; the music they are referring to in the previous post is probably baroque or classical music.
Photoread4me.

photoread4me,

WOW! Thanks so much for so much info! I especially appreciate the info about listening to music to improve accent. I will definitely google around for more info, and also update this thread to share my findings.

I have always been interesting in learning about human potential. Besides my past preliction (sic) for dejavu's, it seems tapping into "Einstein factor" will help me cope with my current quarter-life crisis.

Again, thanks so much. If you and others have more info/advice/hints, please let me know.

Thanks,
John

You're welcome John i am glad i was able to help.
Photoread4me

Hi John you might want to consider this website. www.optimalearning.com. This is the website of Ivan Barzakov PH.d who worked with Dr. Georgi Lozanov many years ago to pioneer Accelerated Learning in Bulgaria.

Ivan Barzakov works specifically with Baroque classical music and the music he works with is specifically timed for so many beats a minute and i am sure he is probably using many of the principles and techniques that Dr Lozanov was involved with.
Photoread4me

Photoread4Me, Thanks for the great site. So much reading to do! I haven't looked the site yet because I am still reading about other stuff (including the ones you gave me). I will post more once I finish reading all these!

Thanks.